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Isolation and identification of a new metabolite of microbial conversion of upgraded neutral fraction of Polish tall oil by means of four strains of Mycobacterium sp.

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A new metabolite, 5-alpha-androstane-3,6,17-trione, was isolated as a product of microbial conversion of upgraded neutral fraction of the Polish tall oil byMycobacterium NRRL B-3683, NRRL B-3805, MB 3683, and MB 3805.

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Szykuła, J., Hebda, C. & Orpiszewski, J. Isolation and identification of a new metabolite of microbial conversion of upgraded neutral fraction of Polish tall oil by means of four strains of Mycobacterium sp.. Biotechnol Lett 12, 505–508 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01086343

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